05-31-2010, 09:32 AM
Jake Wrote:SlimKlim Wrote:Are you talking about the crayon smell from the insulation?
My E46 was plagued with that, but I kinda liked the smell.
Yep. Every friggin German car from like 2000 onward smells like that after a while. The Crossfire reeks - but only in the trunk, because the roof comes off and lets it out of the cabin. I've been in a few Jettas that all smelled, some worse than others. Oddly enough the older BMWs I've been in (E36, E34) do not have the smell, they just smell like "old BMW" or whatever. Change in material?
You haven't been in one new enough. The white car had a very faint essence of crayon, but not nearly as bad as some stories I've heard. I thought it smelled nice, made it smell new. But people would get in and ask why it smelled like crayons. :dunno:
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S